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FEATURES CarillionAmey joins forces to enhance military communities CarillionAmey (CA) provides support services on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to the MOD across the four UK Regional Prime Contracts and the National Housing Prime Contract. Prior to this, CA delivered the former Regional Prime Contract in the Central Region as CarillionEnterprise. It was also the previous supplier to the Housing Prime Contract under the guise of MODern Housing Solutions (MHS). Outlined here is some of the significant investment made by MHS in providing a positive contribution to military communities and a look ahead to the new contracts and how this work will evolve to meet the changing needs of our military and their communities. The Beginning As MHS, CA always took its role in the military community seriously; although its core responsibility was to maintain and deliver improvements to the housing estate, there are many early examples of community based projects, with staff and suppliers going ‘above and beyond’ to improve service family environments. Typically, these were engineered on the back Fantastic flowers at Didcot © Rosie Brown RAF Benson allotments © Rosie Brown of refurbishment and upgrade works using the leverage and enthusiasm of both MHS staff and suppliers. However, it was not until 2011 that MHS’s Community Programme really started to gather momentum. This drive arrived in the shape of a dedicated lead to manage a programme of play parks and community based projects. Enter Rosie Brown who was able to identif y worthy projects for MHS to support. Community Needs Using the benefit of Rosie’s excellent military network, MHS was able to engage with the service community to understand what needed to be done. For the first time MHS was able to develop a genuine customer based Community Needs Plan rather than identif ying and delivering projects which it thought would be valued. Engaging Staff Whilst a significant number of MHS staff had been involved in early community projects, in 2011, with a dedicated lead and sustained campaigns to encourage participation, wider enthusiasm started to spread and engagement numbers grew significantly. At the end of 2013, half of MHS staff (approximately 200), had taken part in a community project in the previous 12 months. In 2014, a busy year spent delivering an unexpectedly high volume of project work and preparing for the Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC), MHS came within a whisker of matching that performance. Engaging Suppliers MHS’s engagement of its staff tells only part of the success story. The significant support from its supply chain, many of whom gave time, labour and materials and in some cases, finance, ensured that ideas could be realised. The Projects Undoubtedly, there are too many individual projects to mention in this article but arguably some do stand out. Here, is just a snap shot of community projects MHS were able to support. Didcot Kitchen Gardens By engaging the BBC2 Gardeners World team, providing labour, materials, funding and effective liaison, a stunning cut flower and vegetable garden was created at a time when 11 Explosive Ordnance Regiment (EOD) needed their families to feel particularly valued. 30 Sanctuary 44 • 2015
FEATURES RAF Benson Allotments By providing advice, guidance, labour and funding RAF Benson was able to create its desired allotments in the heart of the station. RMB Chivenor Memorial Garden By providing funding, horticultural expertise, plants, shrubs and labour RMB Chivenor were helped to realise their plans for a memorial garden and benefitted from a bespoke silverware memorial piece for their mess. SSAFA Norton House Flat By funding in its entirety a new selfcontained flat and play equipment for injured Service personnel and their families at the SSAFA Norton House at Headley Court. SSAFA flat © Rosie Brown Play Park Refurbishments Although MOD play park s are maintained and improved through funding from DIO, housing improvements of ten take priorit y. However, with the assistance of the Royal Societ y for the Prevention of Accidents, play park refurbishment was prioritised and funding secured through the Armed Forces Covenant LIBOR fund. Local MHS work par ties also made some significant additional improvements to the MOD play park estate, which DIO has adopted as par t of their future maintenance programme. Publicising Successes In 2012 ‘Joining Forces’, the MHS dedicated community work quarterly newsletter was launched to give positive publicity to all ongoing projects and to encourage garrisons, Chivenor memorial garden © Rosie Brown stations, units and bases to request help from MHS for their proposed community needs. Awards MHS’s early community efforts were part of the reason behind its recognition as the FM Magazine Sustainable Business of the Year Award in 2010. By the end of 2013 with further evidence and the monumental growth in staff engagement, MHS was able to secure the Carillion Services MD Award for Community Sustainability, beating off more than 100 other contracts in the process. In 2014 the London Regional team were recognised for a productive year in the community when they received a Highly Commended in the Carillion Chief Executive Awards. Didcot play park © Rosie Brown What lies ahead? CA, working in partnership with DIO, remains committed to making a real difference to the communities it serves. Building on our previous good work, CA will empower its staff and suppliers to find worthwhile projects across the estates it manages. Separate to its Service community work, CA encourages all staff to do more to become volunteers. Using a paid leave policy, staff will be able to support worthwhile projects, causes and charities where they live. In turn CA hopes that this will widen their awareness and skills, helping them not only in their day jobs but with their Service Community Projects. Seaton Price CarillionAmey Head of Sustainability Sanctuary 44 • 2015 31
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